Buildings & Hours
Yale Library - Fall 2020 Access Information
The following libraries will reopen on Aug. 31 to current Yale faculty, graduate and professional students, and staff authorized to work on campus: Bass Library, Gilmore Music Library, Haas Arts Library, Marx Science and Social Science Library (formerly CSSSI), and Sterling Memorial Library. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library reopened on August 24. Undergraduate students enrolled in residence will also have access to these libraries after completing the required quarantine period. Students enrolled remotely will not have have access to library buildings and reading rooms.
The Classics Library is unstaffed and open only to graduate students and faculty in the Classics Department. For questions about its collections, please contact Classics Librarian Colin McCaffrey. The Divinity Library will open on Aug. 31 for Divinity School faculty, staff, and students only. Other Yale ID holders may request access, at the discretion of the Divinity School. For information about access to Lillian Goldman Law Library, please visit https://library.law.yale.edu/.
Opening hours will be limited initially, and some spaces within the libraries will remain closed to comply with health and safety guidelines. Spaces and services will be modified to support physical distancing, limit face-to-face interactions in library spaces, and ensure full compliance with health and safety guidelines. The contact-free pickup service currently operating in Thain Café will move to Sterling Nave.
A valid Yale ID with activated swipe access is required for entry.
The Arts Library Special Collections reading room is open, by appointment only, with the same restrictions and requirements.
A valid Yale ID with activated swipe access is required for entry.
A valid Yale ID with activated swipe access is required for entry.
The reading room is open, by appointment only, with the same restrictions and requirements.
The Classics Library is unstaffed and open only to graduate students and faculty in the Classics Department.
A valid Yale ID with activated swipe access is required for entry.
The Divinity Library Special Collections reading room is open, by appointment only, with the same restrictions and requirements.
The Film Study Center is closed until further notice.
The Law Library is temporarily closed until further notice.
The reading room will open on September 21, 2010, by appointment only, to authorized Yale researchers.
A valid Yale ID with activated swipe access is required for entry.
The Mathematics Library is temporarily closed until further notice.
The Medical Library is open to Yale and YNHH users authorized to be on campus.
- Access to special collections materials is by appointment only for those authorized to be on campus. Use this link to make an appointment with the Medical Historical Library Office. Please request items at least 2 days in advance.
- The Cushing Center is temporarily closed until further notice.
Sterling Library
A valid Yale ID with activated swipe access is required for entry.
Manuscripts & Archives is open, by appointment only, with the same restrictions and requirements.
The Yale Center for British Art is temporarily closed until further notice.